Blair Riley Named CCHA Player Of The Month For November

Ferris State University's Blair Riley
(Kamloops, British Columbia), a senior student-athlete on the
nationally-ranked 2009-10 Bulldog men's ice hockey team, has been
selected the RBC Financial Group Central Collegiate Hockey
Association (CCHA) Player of the Month for November as announced
Tuesday (Dec. 1) by the league office.

Riley, who earned the monthly honor for the first time in his
career, played a vital role in leading the Bulldogs to a 4-0-2
record in November while totaling a team month-high eight goals and
two assists for a squad-leading 10 points. He also posted a
plus three efficiency rating while tallying three power-play goals
and one short-handed marker in his six outings for the month.

Riley totaled four multiple-point games for the month, which
included a career-best four points (3-1=4) versus Ohio State (Nov.
20). In that win over the Buckeyes, the 6-0, 220-pound
forward netted his second collegiate career hat trick with a
three-goal output. Along with the notable performance against
OSU, Riley potted two goals apiece against Bowling Green State
(Nov. 6) and nationally-ranked Miami (Nov. 13) while producing a
goal and an assist in a series finale decision over Ohio State
(Nov. 21).

Riley was also recognized as the CCHA Offensive Player of
the Week and InsideCollege Hockey.com's (INCH)
National Player of the Week earlier in the month (Nov.
23). The selection of Riley represents the second time
in which a Ferris State player has received such recognition
as former Bulldog goaltender Derek MacIntyre attained the honor in
February 2007.

Riley has presently chalked up a team-leading 16
points on a squad-best 12 goals and four assists to go with a plus
six efficiency rating in 14 contests. Nationally, the
FSU left winger is presently tied for first with 12 goals
while ranking fourth with a 0.86 goals per game average.

For his career, Riley has accumulated 65 points on 36 goals
and 29 assists in 121 outings.

Riley and his Ferris State teammates are off to
a 9-3-2 start this season as the Bulldogs are ranked 17th
in U.S. College Hockey Online's (USCHO) poll
while being listed 18th by Inside College Hockey.com
this week (Nov. 30). FSU sports a 4-2-2-(2) record (16 league
points) in CCHA competition to date this season.

Ferris State, which was idle last weekend, returns to the ice
this weekend (Dec. 4-5) for a two-game CCHA series against the
nationally-ranked Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks at FSU's Ewigleben
Ice Arena in Big Rapids, Mich. Game time for Friday's (Dec.
4) opener is 7:05 p.m. (EST) while Saturday's (Dec. 5) matchup
commences at 5:05 p.m. (EST).